San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-31
INDEPENDENT LABOR CONVENTION

Assemble in Krisch Hall and Harmony
and Good order Prevails.
The independent labor convention
met in Krisch hall on Saturday night
and was In all respects one OF the most
orderly and just conventions ever held
In the city.
Some time after the appointed hour
Mr.. q. w. W. smith, chairman OF the
executive committee, called the conven-
ton to order, aud requested that each
delegation be seated together. This
done, nominations for
CHAIRMAN
were called. Banks, Pulliam. KunZman
and Smith were nominated. Banks and
Kunzman declined and on vote Smith
was elected.
Theo. KunZman and J. NJ. Arm
strong we're nominated for secretary
aud KunZman was elected.
For assistant secretary j. M. Arm
strong and II. Ryder Taylor were nomi-
mated. Armstrong was elected by ma
jority Of five votes.
A committee on organization was
then appointed and the sane committee
was instructed to act as credential COM
nittee.
After a recess OF fifteen minutes the
committee on organization reported In
favor of the election of the temporary
officers and giving twenty votes to each
ward.
Banks made a
MINORITY REPORT,
recommending that the convention elect
fifty republicans, fifty democrats,
twenty-five negroes and twenty-five
Mexicans, to whom should be delegated
the q ordinations.
Banks motion was promptly tabled
and the majority report was adopted.
Ii being resolved that the convention
proceed to nomination, Linthicum
offered resolution to offer Copeland the
nomination.
Heiligmann objected as he wanted to
give every man show and the objection
was sustained.
Then Heiligmann eulogized Bryan
Csllaghan, and amid emphatic cries of
No! No! and laughter, nominated the
present
to be his own successor.
Solms nominated Terrell and his name
was received with grOans.
Pulliam, amid cheers, nominated John
Ii Copeland.
Forrest nominated Jas. III. French.
On vote being taken the result was
as follows: Copeland, 993; Callaghan,
GA; French, n; Terrell, 3. Copeland
was declared the nominee.
FOR RECORDER,
Anton Adam, j. X. Davis, W. Chrysler,
and John Stappenbeck were nominated.
There was no choice on the first ballot,
ha hullaf Thrualar
nominated by a big majority.
FOR COLLECTOR
Ryder-TayIor nominated Haueisen,
Heiligmann nominated Ernst Rische;
K. L. Dougherty was also nominated.
Haueisen's nominator objected TO Rische
because he didn't want it and had not
the time to discharge the duties.
Rische was elected by fair majority.
FOR STREET COMMISSIONER.
A. Earhardt, John Csvanaugh, J. Il. A.
Bowman and X. SchuetZe were placed
in nomination, and Cavanaugh was
elected.
1. N. Gallagher, II. X. Judd, A. Bel
KNAPP, ii. Nicholson, j. Ii. Smye, Dan
Lewis, Jas. Martin, Jr., J. T. Hamble-
ton and N. Mackey were nominated for
ALDERMEN AT LARGE.
Smye, Judd, Martin and Gallagher
were elected.
The ward delegates then went into
consultation and made the following re-
commentator for
WARD ALDERMEN:
No. 1-E. B. Chandler; No. 2-Otto
Solms; No. 81. N. Armstrong; No. O.
Eugene Carolan; No. 6-Gus Mauer-
mann; No. I'll. q. Miller; No. s-Joe
Meny.
In ward No. A, George Pearson, c. o.
Mcclure and III. Ryder-Taylor devel-
oped equal strength, therefore the dele
gates reported no nomination. The
ward nominees for aldermen were
adopted.
The following Executive committee
was reported: l.. Ii Still, JEFF Nord-
haus; X. Pstzig, Joe NORM, A. Simpson,
W. P. Linthicum. TheO. Kunzman;Jer cry
Brown, p. ii. Lee; Jerry Costello, John
Downey, j. N. Armstrong; III. Heilig-
mann, Geo. Bennack, ). W. McAllister
and Ike Jordin, and then the convention
adjourned sine die.